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Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
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Brenden Kootsey, Senior Web Developer
Lexi Krock, Associate Editor
David Levin, Editorial Assistant
Susan K. Lewis, Editor
Anna Malsberger, Designer
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Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer

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Tim Olander, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Amy Opperman, DigitalGlobe
Ivor van Heerden, Louisiana State University
Chris Velden, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Storm That Drowned a City homepage
Photo: (flooded neighborhood) Courtesy FEMA

The Man Who Knew—Before the Flood
Photos: (Ivor van Heerden) © NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation; (Superdome interior) Courtesy FEMA; Animation: (Hurricane Pam) Courtesy Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes, Louisiana State University

The Man Who Knew—After the Flood
Image: (Katrina advisory) Courtesy Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes and Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana State University; Photos: (couple walking, Superdome exterior, Superdome line) Courtesy FEMA; (17th Street Canal breach) Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District

A 300-Year Struggle
Photos: (map) © Historic Print & Map Company; (Louisiana Purchase) Courtesy National Archives; (levee) Courtesy Alexander Allison Collection, Louisiana Division, New Orleans Public Library; (Bonnet Carré Spillway) Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District; (Hurricane Betsy) Courtesy NOAA; (Superdome amidst flood) Courtesy U.S. NAVY

Flood Proofing Cities
Photos: (Netherlands problem/solution) © Corbis Images; (Petersburg problem) Courtesy of www.saint-petersburg.com, (Petersburg solution) Courtesy of NASA; (London problem/solution) © Corbis Images; (Venice problem) © Corbis Images, (Venice solution) Courtesy of Consorzio Venezia Nuova; (San Antonio problem/solution) Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Antonio District; (New Orleans problem) Courtesy of NOAA, (New Orleans solution diagram) Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District. (New Orleans solution photo) Courtesy of Lane Lefort/U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District

Anatomy of Katrina
Images: (Katrina over Bahamas) Courtesy Jeff Schmaltz at NASA GSFC; (strike path) Courtesy NOAA/National Weather Service; (Katrina track) Courtesy University of Wisconsin-Madison's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies/NOAA's Advanced Satellite Products Branch; (Katrina August 28) Courtesy NASA/Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team; (rainfall) Courtesy NASA/JAXA; (2005 hurricane montage) Courtesy Space Science and Engineering Center, UW-Madison, with McIDAS, using NOAA satellite data and a NASA Big Blue Marble basemap; Animations: (hurricane birth) © NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation; (heat engine) Courtesy Susan Twardy/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; (Katrina path) Courtesy NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio; (Gulf Coast time lapse) Courtesy Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC

How New Orleans Flooded
Photos: (regional map) Courtesy USGS; (New Orleans satellite images) © Digital Globe

Map the Flood
Images: (maps) © 2005 Google; Data: Courtesy Dartmouth Flood Observatory

TV Program Description
Photo: (New Orleans aerial) Courtesy NOAA

 

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Peter Chinn

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Stephen Sweigart

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Susanne Simpson

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Alan Ritsko

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